Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.

Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

The German language is the organ among the languages.